PLACEMENT TEST FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
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OBJECTIVE | The Undergraduate Entry Assessment is designed to measure your academic potential and readiness to begin studying at the university level. The Critical Thinking Paper tests your proficiency in English Language and Mathematics and compare your performance with other prospective students. The Personal essay will give you the chance to stand out from other applicants with similar academic profiles by telling a unique, personal, and specific story.
TEST 1 | IS THE PERSONAL ESSAY
TEST 2 | IS THE CRITICAL THINKING TEST
WHAT IS A PERSONAL ESSAY ?
A picture. Your personal essay should produce a picture of you as a person, a student, a potential scholarship winner, and (looking into the future) a former scholarship recipient.
An invitation. The reader must be invited to get to know you, personally. Bridge the assumed distance of strangers. Make your reader welcome.
An indication of your priorities and judgment. What you choose to say in your essay tells the committee what your priorities are. What you say, and how you say it, is crucial.
A story, or more precisely, your story. Everyone has a story to tell, but we are not all natural storytellers. If you are like most people, your life lacks inherent drama. This is when serious self-reflection, conversation with friends, family, and mentors, and permission to be creative come in handy.
TEST 1 | THE PERSONAL ESSAY TOPIC AND INSTRUCTIONS
Prepare your answer to the Personal Essay in Microsoft Word then copy the information into the form already sent to you via email. If you are not seeing the form in your inbox. Look in your spam/trash/junk folder.
TOPIC
"The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success."
You should:
1) Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure
2) Discuss (reflect upon) how it affected you, and the
3) Lessons that you learnt from the experience
Be sure to address these three (3) key points in your discussion
"The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success."
You should:
1) Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure
2) Discuss (reflect upon) how it affected you, and the
3) Lessons that you learnt from the experience
Be sure to address these three (3) key points in your discussion
INSTRUCTIONS | FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ESSAY TO EARN A PASS GRADE
- You have sent the Answer Sheet for the essay in your email. Write the essay in Microsoft Word then copy it into the same Email Answer Sheet then hit 'SUBMIT' when you are done. If you are not seeing the Answer Sheet in your inbox. Look in your spam/trash/junk folder.
- The Personal Essay must have no less than 450 words.
- Use a word processing program to write your responses e.g. Microsoft Word – and don’t type them directly into the application. This way, you can edit before submitting, keep track of the word count, and print copies for review.
- Although you will not be heavily evaluated on grammar, spelling or sentence structure, you should proofread your work and make sure your writing is clear. Grammatical and spelling errors can be distracting to the reader and get in the way of what you’re trying to communicate.
- After submitting the Personal Essay, you will use the link provided below to access the link Critical Thinking Assessment Test. This is an online test.
GRADING CRITERIA FOR THE PLACEMENT TEST
ACADEMIC PRACTICE / PRACTICAL WORK
Your writing should demonstrate an effective quality and standard of expression in English. This requires communication of information with some complexity in English which is accurate, clear, appropriate, and shows effective use of academic writing conventions suited for the college level.
COMMUNICATION
Demonstrate the ability to accurately, clearly and appropriately communicate information, attitudes and ideas in an appropriate written, verbal or visual format for a suggested purpose, topic, situation and audience, and in such a way as to demonstrate understanding to academic, specialist and non-specialist audiences
UNDERSTANDING TASK
Demonstrate understanding of the issues which are central to the assigned task. This will reflect the ability to follow guidance to devise a simple task related to the topic.
ACADEMIC PRACTICE / PRACTICAL WORK
Your writing should demonstrate an effective quality and standard of expression in English. This requires communication of information with some complexity in English which is accurate, clear, appropriate, and shows effective use of academic writing conventions suited for the college level.
COMMUNICATION
Demonstrate the ability to accurately, clearly and appropriately communicate information, attitudes and ideas in an appropriate written, verbal or visual format for a suggested purpose, topic, situation and audience, and in such a way as to demonstrate understanding to academic, specialist and non-specialist audiences
UNDERSTANDING TASK
Demonstrate understanding of the issues which are central to the assigned task. This will reflect the ability to follow guidance to devise a simple task related to the topic.
TEST 2 | THE CRITICAL THINKING TEST
After submitting the Personal Essay, the next step is to take the Critical Assessment Test. This is an online test in a multiple choice format.
You have a total of three (3) attempts to achieve the passing grade of 70%.
After submitting the Placement Essay, start the Critical Thinking Test.
You have a total of three (3) attempts to achieve the passing grade of 70%.
After submitting the Placement Essay, start the Critical Thinking Test.
